Nampodong is the biggest downtown in Busan
and is considered as a tourist attraction of Busan along with the Jagalchi
Market. There were many cinemas from the old days,
so there is the BIFF(Busan Film Festival) street which is the bigggest festival
in Busan, and there are many events that take place there. You can also find
the handprints of actors at the BIFF street.
The peculiar attraction of Nampodong is
that you can feel the fragrance of the modern times to the atmosphere of the
modern city. There are different moods on each streets and alleys, and from an
alley of street stalls with people seeing fortunetellers and reading tarot
cards, there are alleys with street stalls selling the ‘seed’ Chinese pancakes(Ssiat
Hotteok) that have become the specialty of Busan and snacks. At the street
stalls that sell the Ssiat Hotteok there are many people waiting in line for
their turn. After the Ssiat Hotteok of Nampodong had been introduced on TV
several times, it had to pay the penalty of fame, and has become a must-try
food for tourists that visit Busan.
The streets of Nampodong shine with neon
signs of various colors at night. To the back of the buildings at are the
symbols of Busan, there shows the Busan Tower at the Yongdusan Park. There is
the Gwangbokro-Bosudong Bookstore Alley-Yongdusan Park-Jagalchi
Market-International Market near the Nampodong area, so it is always crowded
with people.
In between the small alleys there are
overflowing restaurants, bars and cloth shops. So there are people who say they
think of fancy signs shining when they hear the word ‘Nampodong.’
Starting from the franchise coffee shops to
café with fabulous interior, there are many café that take place at Nampodong.
At another street there are street stalls
that sell various kinds of accessories, fashion items and food that light up
the street. This place feels more like a market, and if you follow this street
there are many vintage shops. Since Nampodong is nearby the port, it has been
an animated place of import and export from the old times, so there are many
cloth shops that sell vintage clothes imported from overseas at Nampodong.
Following the trend, these days many shops just decorate their interior in
vintage style, and sell vintage style clothes according to their individuality.
So if you take a walk looking into those vintage shops, you can get nice
clothes with cheap prices, so many people visit this place. Moreover, there are
many cloth shops that have unique characteristics not only in vintage style, so
there are many people who visit Nampodong just to buy clothes.
The Gwangbokro is the main street of the
Nampodong area. This is the street where the famous Nampodong Tree Festival of
Busan is held. Through the street improvement business of Jung-gu, Busan, the
signs have been organized and street lights, benches and sculptures have been
set up, making the view much tidier. Faraway you can also see the Gwangbok
branch of Lotte Dept. Store.
Among the various festivals at Busan, the ‘Christmas
Tree Cultural Festival’ is quite popular among many people. Setting Christmas
as the starting point, Nampodong in December is indeed a place for festivals.
The streets are lit up with beautiful lights on trees, and snowflakes are hung
on them. People enjoy the tree festival at Nampodong with excitement and thrill
of the end of the year. At this time of the year, men and women of all ages
enjoy the great lightings and the atmosphere of the festivals.
Nampodong is close to the Busan station and
the Busan passenger ship terminal, so tourists visit this place easily. Also
Nampodong is not a main street that you can find at any place but a place that
holds the history of Busan as it is, so it has a lot more meaning in it. The
modern history museum of Busan or the Choryang Ibagu Street, Bosudong Bookstore
Alley and the democratic park are the places that embody the history of Busan
just as they are.
The Christmas Tree Cultural Festival this
year starts with the opening lighting ceremony at 7 o’clock P.M. on Saturday,
November 30th, and on the 25th of December, on Christmas,
there is a Christmas event being held, and on the 5th of January,
2014, there will be an ending event of turning the lights off. How about making
great memories of winter at Nampodong, the symbol of Busan this year-end?
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